Treatment of candies and the like and the product obtained thereby



UNITED STATES PATENTQFFICE.

' WILLIAM J. OVEBBECK, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

TREATMENT OF CANDIES AND THE AND THE PRODUCT OBTAINED THEREBY.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM J. OVERBEOK,

f a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inthe Treatment of Candies and the like and the Product Obtained- Thereby, of which the following is a specification. 4

Heretofore in order to properly preserve candies which are liable to be softened and injured by moisture, or in which the flavors are readily dissipated, it has been customary to apply to the finished goods a fine coating of shellac. I I l It hasbecome quite common to treat various vegetable oils with hydrogen in'the presence of a catalyst to convert the compois capable of forming a fine glazeaor finish,

which adds much to theattractiveness and salability of the goods. By agitation of the candy in a drum or-receptacle,flthe film is susceptible of taking on a high degreeof polish and the deposit is not otherwise erceptible, while by the selection of ane ible oil the treatment is in no Y way objectionable for the use of the shellac varnish.

y In the production of my new product,my aim is tothoroughly coat the candy wlth a or injurious, ,which can hardly be claimed thin film of thehardene'd oil, and this may be accomplished by subjectin the candies to agitation in the-presence o lumps of the hardened oil, or b a deposit thereon of the hydrogenated oil 1n solid or powdered con:

diti011,'orin any other ways that may readily suggest themselves.v

p I have found One methodwhich produces most satisfactory results". In this method, which is given as an illustration and not with any intention. of limiting the invention to the product of an particular process, I i

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 7, 1918. Serial No. 257,209.

undesirable effects fromwithout.

Patented Jan. 6, 1920.

, make use of an air gun or atomizer for-dis charging a mist or spray of the hardened oil in finely divided-condition over and through V the candies. In carrying out this method, I heat theoil and reduce it to a liquid form, and then in the ordinary way of atomizing a liquid and with any suitable apparatus 'for that purpose, I blow a spray or mist of the 00 oil in and over the candies. The oil is divided into very fine particles by the atomizer, and whether the particles are in liquid, semi-liquid or solid condition when the candy is treated with the spray, I find that 85 with this treatment the fine particles. which I deposited on the "goods and then-by the rubbing together ofthe candies, the particles are distributed by attrition'so as to form a thin film of solid hydrogenated oil which thoroughly protects th'e candy from the es:

cape of moisture or the. flavors fromwithin,

or the admission of moisture, air or otherdeleterious substances or the production of As indicated in the preceding paragraph, the desired quantities of solid hydrogenated oil can be transferred to the surface of the candies by bringing the candies in rubbing contact withthe hard oil in revolving or agitated containers, the forward walls of which have been previously lined with the solid hydrogenated oil. The candies to be coated,jtogether with suitable sized lumps of the oil, may be introduced into container .85 and-by agitation or rotation the candies may 1 be brought into continuous rubbing contact.

' with the lumps as withthe lined walls described, and thus by attrition receive the .film. This agitation'ina drum or container alsogives a high degree of polish and a fine glaze or polish to the goods.

.Having thus described my-invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is 1 .95

1; Asa new product, candiescoated with hydrogenized'oil, in the form of a thin, continuous, even layer of high polish.

2. As a new product, candies with hydrogenized oil, evenly coated th'ereonby the 1 0 agitation of the candies solid hydrogenized oil.

WILLIAM J. OIVERBEGJK.

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